Overview of Citi: Citi, the world leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi enables clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity. The Team: The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is responsible for looking after the cyber security of all of Citi’s technical assets. It has several new and exciting programmes utilising cutting edge cloud and container technologies, with a view to ensuring that our cyber security is best in class and offers reassurance to our wider business lines and clients alike. The job: This role sits within the Container Security team, which is responsible for ensuring, maintaining, and improving the security of our container technologies within the firm. You will be responsible for engineering automated security solutions that both secure and harden internal platforms as well as reduce friction for developers in their daily development lifecycle. You will be improving the container SDLC for internal developers from an image scanning perspective, engineering firm-wide solutions and partnering with centralised platform teams, DevOps teams and our developer community where appropriate. What the role covers: Analysing, architecting, building and enhancing Container Security tools and platforms that provide capabilities for CISO and developers. Owning solutions that are expected to operate and perform at scale across the organisation. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders and partners across Engineering and Operations as well as partner teams within the wider Citi organisation, across different time zones. Job Skills/ Qualifications: Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience Good oral and written communication skills Extensive relevant industry work experience Hands-on experience integrating Container Image Scanning platforms and tooling Experience of the full lifecycle of design, implementation and running of enterprise software solutions involving cross functional team collaboration Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, scaling) of new and current systems Experience of k8s and container technologies such as Docker, Podman and Openshift Experience of security fundamentals with relation to a k8s platform and DevSecOps a bonus Expertise in a major programming language such as Python or Java, and associated tooling (Git, Maven, IDEs, Jenkins, Bitbucket etc) Expertise with DevOps, CI/CD and agile methodology We offer: 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) A discretional annual performance related bonus Private Medical Care
Senior Engineer - Python & Containerization (VP) in Belfast employer: Citi
Citi is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration within the Equities Technology team. Employees benefit from cutting-edge technology, opportunities for professional growth, and a culture that values diversity and inclusion. With a focus on high-performance analytics and real-time data solutions, Citi empowers its engineers to make impactful contributions while enjoying a supportive atmosphere in a globally recognized financial institution.
